[plug] Dynamic DNS updates through DHCP

J Michael Gilks mike.gilks at westnet.com.au
Mon Nov 8 02:51:40 WST 2004


On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 07:33 pm, Timothy White wrote:
> Simon Duff wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm using dhcp to update local dns, and all works well, except for one
> > annoyance:
> >
> > I have a laptop here, which is used at someone's work, as part of a
> > domain, so has its own domainname. When it does dhcp, it seems to tell
> > the dhcp server its own domainname and then bind attempts to update the
> > records with this instead of my local domainname. So I end up with
> > reverse lookup entry for the wrong domain and no forward lookup entry.
> > dhcpd.conf follows.
> >
> > Not a huge problem, just annoying, any help appreciated :D
>
> I've got the same problem so if you solve it offlist please post the
> solution on list (I will do the same if I find a solution)
> Tim



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